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|SaintName=Blessed Villana de'Botti | |SaintName=Blessed Villana de'Botti | ||
|SaintStage=Blessed | |SaintStage=Blessed | ||
| | |FeastDay=February 28 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy) | |SaintBirthPlace=Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=43.7696, 11.2558 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=43.7696, 11.2558 | ||
|DeathPlace=Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy) | |DeathPlace=Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy) | ||
|SaintCauseOfDeath=Natural causes | |SaintCauseOfDeath=Natural causes | ||
|NotableAddress1=Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 50123 Florence, Italy | |NotableAddress1=Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 50123 Florence, Italy | ||
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|NotableLabel5=Dominican parish (tertiary veneration) | |NotableLabel5=Dominican parish (tertiary veneration) | ||
|NotableCoordinates5=37.7858, -122.4283 | |NotableCoordinates5=37.7858, -122.4283 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Italy; United States | ||
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Florence]] | |||
|Beatifier=Pope Pius VIII | |Beatifier=Pope Pius VIII | ||
|BeatificationLocation=Rome | |BeatificationLocation=Rome | ||
|Canonized=No | |Canonized=No | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Visions and prophecies during life | |SaintMiracle1=Visions and prophecies during life | ||
|Profession=Wife; lay Dominican tertiary | |Profession=Wife; lay Dominican tertiary | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Dominicans (Third Order) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Dominicans (Third Order) | ||
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|Attributes=Dominican habit; rosary | |Attributes=Dominican habit; rosary | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy | |PrimaryShrine=Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Blessed Villana de'Botti''' (1332 – 29 January 1361) was an Italian lay member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, known for her profound conversion from worldly vanity to a life of penance, prayer, and mystical visions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bl. Villana de'Botti |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=545 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to hagiographic accounts from Dominican chronicles, born in Florence to the wealthy merchant Andrew de'Botti, Villana displayed early piety but at age 13 attempted to join a convent, only to be returned home by her parents who arranged her marriage to Pietro Benitendi, a prosperous silk merchant, with whom she had two sons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villana de' Botti |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villana_de%27_Botti |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Succumbing to vanity and social frivolities, she experienced a spiritual crisis around age 20, falling into depression and illness, during which Dominican friars guided her repentance; joining the Third Order, she embraced rigorous penance, daily Mass, and contemplation, receiving visions of the Virgin Mary, Christ, and saints, along with the gift of prophecy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blessed Villana de'Botti |url=https://dominicanfriars.org/blessed-villana-debotti/ |website=Dominican Friars |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> | '''Blessed Villana de'Botti''' (1332 – 29 January 1361) was an Italian lay member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, known for her profound conversion from worldly vanity to a life of penance, prayer, and mystical visions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bl. Villana de'Botti |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=545 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to hagiographic accounts from Dominican chronicles, born in Florence to the wealthy merchant Andrew de'Botti, Villana displayed early piety but at age 13 attempted to join a convent, only to be returned home by her parents who arranged her marriage to Pietro Benitendi, a prosperous silk merchant, with whom she had two sons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villana de' Botti |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villana_de%27_Botti |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Succumbing to vanity and social frivolities, she experienced a spiritual crisis around age 20, falling into depression and illness, during which Dominican friars guided her repentance; joining the Third Order, she embraced rigorous penance, daily Mass, and contemplation, receiving visions of the Virgin Mary, Christ, and saints, along with the gift of prophecy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blessed Villana de'Botti |url=https://dominicanfriars.org/blessed-villana-debotti/ |website=Dominican Friars |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> | ||